Padmashri Ileana Citaristi who is by birth an Italian but at heart an Odia has adopted Odissa as her karmbhoomi since 1979 and is helping spread Indian culture in other parts of the world . She speaks to Prasar Bharti on the Utkal Divas celebrations being organized in Dubai

Padmashri Ileana Citaristi also speaks of her love for Odisha and how she found her moorings in the culturally rich State if Odisha.